Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Sambrani Benefits: For Babies, Hair Drying, and Cold. If there is one tradition that I completely love and makes me feel very good is to use sambrani. Sambrani is called benzoin resin in English and it is the resin of a tree that is dried, powdered and sold in the markets, either as a powder or in blocks. Sambrani usage has been in the culture for many years and in fact every South Indian home will have sambrani holders that will be more than 100 years old. Many countries use sambrani, in Arab countries they use it directly and in some countries they use it in incense. You can also use it instead of sandalwood shavings as a base for making incense cones.   To light up sambrani smoke, coal is collected in sambrani holder and the sambrani powder is sprinkled over it. I just love the smell of sambrani, it has a unique beautiful fragrance that is different from the normal incense sticks. The smell of sambrani transports me back in time and somehow fills me wi...

Be It Money Or Health, The Miraculous Bael Patra (Bilva Leaves) Have All The Answers The miraculous Bael Patra, that comes in the form of three leaves joined together, signify the three eyes of Hindu deity, Lord Shiva.   Today, we will tell you some lesser known facts about this miraculous plant. In accordance with the holy Skanda Purana, Goddess Parvati is said to reside in Bael tree in all her forms. This is one also one of the major reasons that Bael Patra has numerous health benefits. Drink bael fruit juice with honey to cure acidity, cold & cough. Mix the juice with jaggery and consume to cure fever. Adding small amount of black pepper and salt to the pulp of bael fruit prevents constipation and removes toxins from intestine. Bael patra is said to have anti-inflammatory properties. The plant has been used in Ayurveda to cure gastric ulcers.Bael has anti-fungal and anti-viral properties, that help in treating a number of infections in our body. Bilva leaves a...

Do You Wake Up Every Night Between 3 And 5 AM? You May Be Having a Spiritual Awakening People, who have been into some kind of a spiritual process, go through a very slow and gradual process of enlightenment. Their development gets manifested in several ways through their bodies, minds, and temperaments. Waking up at 3am Spirituality Meaning There’s a deep meaning of waking up from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. every night. It’s the sign that means that it’s the time that you should move toward your higher purpose of your life. It is the alert message from the higher vibrations that you should try to uplift your vibrations now. One such very distinct manifestation is when a person starts waking up between 3:30 AM to 5 AM. It is a very clear indication that the ‘yog’ or ‘unison’ that is the very essence of Yoga; has started to take place within you. Waking up between 3am and 5am is associated with the energy meridian that runs through the lungs and is connected to the emotion of sadness. ... This sa...

Drinking Tulasi Theertham – Medicated Water and Taste Sense Activated The water used for theertham usually would contain Thulasi leaves dipped in water and must be stored at least for eight hours in the copper vessel. According to Ayurveda, water stored in a copper vessel has the ability to balance all the three doshas in your body, (vata, kapha and pitta) and it does so by positively charging the water. By drinking this Thulasi water you activate the taste sense.  The other benefits of drinking Thulasi water from a copper vessel also includes cure for soar throats, Fever & Common Cold, Coughs, Respiratory Disorder, formation of Kidney Stone, Heart Disorder chances will be reduced. - Sri Eswaran

Kitchen What we eat and where we eat are all essential parts of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life and longevity, which is inter-related to Vasthu Sastra. Ayurveda focuses on harmonizing your body while Vasthu Sastra stresses on harmonizing your property. The written records of this holistic system of healing are primarily in the scriptures dating back 6,000 years. It is a natural approach to creating perfect self, natural beauty and long life. There is a saying that the best way to win the love of a man is through his stomach. For this to happen, the kitchen must be in the right place, that is, the south-west quadrant of the house. Following Vasthu Sastra principles to ensure a person's health, wealth, prosperity, peace, wisdom, good children, safe residence, godliness and the ability to live in harmony with nature. The most important aspect of them all is health if only when we have good health can we truly enjoy all the other benefits. If health is lost, al...

7 Hindu Morning Habits To Start The Day Pleasant And Stay Energized Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life if you’re uninitiated about Sanatana Dharma, the oldest way of life in the world. Hindu religion aims at the all round development of the individual. Here are 7 Hindu morning habits to start the day pleasant and stay energized throughout the day. The seven habits are: Wake up just before sunrise daily Meditate or yoga or walking Drink lukewarm water or tulsi leaf water Breathing exercising - cleaning tongue and teeth Dry brushing the body Applying oil before morning bath Eat healthy traditional breakfast Wake up just before sunrise Wake up just before sunrise. This is the best time to perform many daily routine like meditation, yoga, study, writing, planning for day and more. The ideal solution is to wake up daily at 5:00 AM. This is not going to be easy for people who have nightlife. But for good health and for a successful day, sleep ear...

WHY INDIAN EAT WITH HAND? eating with hands benefits, benefits of eating with your hands, eating with your hands health benefits Eating food with the hands in today’s Western society can sometimes be perceived as being unhygienic, bad mannered and primitive. However within Indian culture there is an old saying that, ” eating food with your hands feeds not only the body but also the mind and the spirit”. In the Big Brother series some years back, an English participant complained about a indian participants use of her hands during food preparations and her eating habits, “They eat with their hands in India, don’t they? Or is that China? You don’t know where those hands have been.” Within many Indian households nowadays, the practice of eating food with the hands has been replaced with the use of cutlery. Have you ever thought of why previous generations in India ate with the hands? There is a reason for their this. The practice of eating with the hands originated...

Erukkam Poo (Lone Flower- Calotropis flower ) Lord Ganesha's favorite Flower- Erukkam Poo- Dhairiyathai kodukkum Significance: For having required courage and not being afraid of anything The plant is known as aak in Ayurveda and was used in cases of cutaneous diseases, intestinal worms, cough, ascites, asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, paralysis, swellings, intermittent fevers, anorexia, inflammations and tumors. In large doses, Arka is known to act as a purgative and an emetic. It is used variously but sometimes leaves are fried in oil for medicinal purposes. - Sri Eswaran